A Mar. 5 fire on Loganville Highway resulted in only minor damage after firefighters quickly responded to an alarm call. At approximately 1:15 a.m., communications officers received a call from an alarm company regarding a possible fire in a commercial building located in the 900 block of Loganville Highway. Communication officers dispatched ...
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The final Livable Cities Initiative plan for central Winder that was presented Tuesday night to the city council will cost more than $50 million in public funding and will take more than 25 years to fully implement. That begs the question: Can the improvements be made quickly enough to save downtown? The chairman of the Winder Downtown ...
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“I pledge my Head to clearer thinking,g my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service and my Health to better living, for my club, my community, my country and my world.” — 4-H motto Tough economic times continue to haunt our state as well as its university system. In a shortsighted move, University of Georgia higher-ups ...
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Barrow Regional Medical Center, Winder, will hold a book sale to benefit Relay for Life on Friday, March 12, from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the hospital’s atrium. Paperback and hardback books will be $1, and children’s books and magazines will be 50 cents. All of the books were collected from Barrow Regional associates, auxiliary and ...
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A Barrow County employee was rushed to the emergency room last Friday after ingesting an unidentified substance believed to be bleach. The substance was placed in the employee’s water bottle. The container, a plastic bottle with a cap, had been left unsecured. Inv. Matt Guthas with the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said it is unclear at ...
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The Winder-Barrow Class Act Players will perform Dorothy Meets Alice at the Colleen O. Williams Theater on Friday, Mar. 12 and Saturday, Mar. 13. The evening will begin with an array of selected scenes and monologues followed by Dorothy Meets Alice , a one act play by Joseph Robinette which explores what happens when the characters of the ...
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Dante Jones, a 15-year-old sophomore at Winder-Barrow High School was struck by a car Wednesday morning as he crossed Miles Patrick Road to board his school bus. Several middle and high school students were on the bus and witnessed the accident. Jones was transported to Athens Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries according ...
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The Barrow County Superior Court recently sentenced the following people. Those charged and their sentences are listed below. Charges listed as nolle prosequi are those in which the prosecutor or plaintiff indicated they would not proceed with the case. In criminal cases, a disposition of nolle prosequi may be entered when evidence proves ...
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Two low-cost rabies, pet vaccination and microchip clinics will be held in the area. The Atlanta Animal Alliance will hold clinics on Friday, March 26, at the Gwinnett County Animal Control Shelter and on Friday, April 2, at the Barrow County Animal Control Shelter. Both will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pets can receive an annual rabies ...
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